Red Silk Cotton Tree Exotic Tree - Bombax Ceiba - 5 Seeds withania The plant is a compact

The plant is a compact bush reaching about half a metre high

It is threatened in part

generally succulent

Saffron's bitter taste and iodoform- or hay-like fragrance result from the chemicals picrocrocin and safranal

both of which are usually consumed pickled

Red Silk Cotton Tree Exotic Tree - Bombax Ceiba - 5 Seeds withania The plant is a compactBombax ceiba, like other trees of the genus Bombax, is commonly known as cotton tree or tree cotton. This tropical tree has a straight tall trunk and its leaves are deciduous in winter. Red flowers with 5 petals appear in the spring before the new foliage. It produces a capsule which, when ripe, contains white fibres like cotton. Its trunk bears spikes to deter attacks by animals. Although its stout trunk suggests that it is useful for timber, its